Improvement in ash-sifters



W. M 0 NTG 0 M ERY.

Ash-Sifter. No. 162.571 PatentedAprii.27,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT. QFFIGE.

WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, on CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN ASH-SIFTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,57 1, dated April 21 75; application filed February 13, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAMMONTGOMERY, ofChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Combined. Fire-Proof Ash Box and Sifter,of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a vertical section of my improved ash box and sifter. Fig. 2is a top view of the same, the cover being removed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved ash box andsifter, which shall be so constructed as to be entirely fire-proof,while enabling the ashes to be sifted Without making a dust, and whichat the same time shall be simple in construction and convenient In use.

The invention will first be described, and then pointed out in theclaim.

A is a sheet-iron cylindrical box, which is provided with legs B, sixinches, more or less, in height, so as to be supported so far above thefloor that the said floor cannot be set on fire by the heat from thebottom of the box A. The legs B may be riveted to the bottom of the boxA; or their upper ends may be set in sockets riveted to said bottom. Thebox A is provided with handles a, for convenience in handling it. C isthe upper part or sifter, the lower part of which is so formed as to fitinto the mouth of the box A. The sifter O has a shoulder formed upon it,to rest upon the upper edge of the box A, as shown in Fig. 1. In thelower part of the sifter G is secured a screen, D, which may be made ofwoven wire, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or of perforated sheet metal.When made of wire it should be provided with cross-wires, to prevent itfrom sagging. The screen D should be secured to the case 0 of the sifterby strips or clasps of metal 01, riveted to it, so that the screen,when\vorn, can be readily detached, and replaced with a new one. The screenD is provided with handles 0, for convenience in handling and operatingit. The sifter O is provided with a closely-fitting cover, E, to preventthe fine ashes from escaping while the sifter is being used. To one sideof the sifter O are attached the edges of a semi-cylindrical plate, F.which passes through a hole in the screen D, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,to form a spout, through which stones, slate, cinders, and other rubbishmay be dropped into the ash-box A without raising the sifter O. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The spout or channel F in the sifter G D,communicating with the ash-box A, substantially as and for the purposeherein shown and described.

WILLIAM MONTGOMERY.

Witnesses:

A. D. STURTEVANT, RICHARD CLARK.

